Well, another week here in the AZ has passed. And I'vemanagedto pick another computer where the space bar doesn't work. Soforgivethe no spaces please. It's been a pretty good week with lotsof things to do.
I forgot to tell you last week about SisT's first street contact. So we're walking thropugh this apartment looking for a referral we have and all the sudden we run into this man,who starts asking us about the devil.If webelieve thathe's here onthe earth nowor if it's just his spirits here on the earth. Eventually he ends up telling us that he is a heroine addict and that he has some right now in his pocket but that he wants to change. It was a great first contact. And I mean thatin a classic funny,of course the first person she talks to happens to be ahomeless person adicted to heroine. She found it quite hilarious. =) I did to. But of course. I fail at telling funny stories. SO she would tell it much better than me. Last night we also ran into analcoholic. I;'ve seen her often at the otherapt complex when we're there and she always says thingsl like, "I knowI'man alcoholic and that I'm drunk but one day I'm goingto talk to you.But not today." "Look it'sthe church ladies. I'mnot ready to talk to you today." Etc' It was usually comical becauseher words were so slurred and she was almost falling over. But I always felt like she was telling the truth, that one day she would talk to us. And yesterday she did. And we wouldn't even had run into her if I hadn't missed the parking lot I usually park in and then decided to walk around the apt complex ina way that was different.
Man. I wish I could tell this like it was.
Basically I was crossed by a drunk Cathhlic woman on the head. She also crossed me and then kissed her hand. Itwas pretty hilarious. Hna T and I were laughing hysterically wheen we got back inthe car. But I will start fromthe beginning. We walked by this lady and she stopped us. She was cryingand told us that she needed a prayer. So we wentinto her very nice and clean house. She tellsus that she's an aclohojlic and that she wants to stop.She lives by herself and her daughter hates herbecause she's an alcohlic. She used to do all sorts of drugs, then she listed off a whloe bunch of street names I'venever heard before, but she stopped.She decided to stop soshe did, but she can'tstop the alcohol. Thenshe told us that hermom is dead andshe really just wants to go home with her mom. She showed us the scars of the times she's triedto kill herself. She'scrying and asking Jesus to take her. So I askedher if she really wanted to change. She said yes and we told her to dump out the beer in the can that whas right there on the table so she did. She showedus her fridge and that she doesn't have anymore beer in there. Then we said aprayer. After that she fell onthe ground onher knees and just started crying and crying, saying that she doesn't know what's going to happen to hre that night, asking Jesus to take her home and also askingHim to help her not do anything stupid that night. So we went and got an extra BofM and told her to start reading it.So she sat down right there and started reading it. Up to that point she had been hysterical, but the longer she read the calmer she got. She was reading out loud and we were helping her with some ofthe harder words. In the end she seemed pretty normal. She thanked us for coming by and we toldher we'dstop by the next day., Then she just kept hugging us and kissed our heads, crossed us then hugged us again. We'll see what happens when we go back today.
Yep that's basically the most exciting things that happened this week. All of our investigators are going through really bad family problems. Olivia's daughter stabbed her dad the other day and couldn't pay the fine so now she may be in jail. Maria's second oldest daughter is acting out and doing all sorts of things. It's intense. Drama drama drama. I wish they'd all just realizethat God is not making all these things happen to them. He can'tstop them from,ahppening because their kids have their agency and because these trials will help them grow. Harmph. =)
But it's been a pretty good week. Hna T and I laugh all the time. She's hilarious. We both know what words like fandom, shipping, canon, etc mean. We both have internet identities and weboth lived in an internet world unknown to most people. We just have our different fandoms. Me - Star trek. Her - Harry Potter and Dr Who. We often have apostate moments where we go off on some actress and how much we love her or what the bests sites are for finding clean fan fics or how amazing Alan Rickman is. She talks about Once Upon a Time a lot and tell her she had better SHUT her mouth because I don't want to know a thing until I watch it myself. =) She's a great missionary and always wants to work. She really doesn't seemlike she's 19 and for that I am eternally grateful.
Yep the work goes forth.
Hna Scott
MTC
Going to the temple
Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
"Forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe." - Elder Holland
I am finally mostly not sick!!! It's amazing. Just a littl ebit of a cough and a little bit of a sore throat. It was really very ironic. I told Sis T that I had been sick and tell her the symptoms then she decided I had strep \, she called up the mission dr and he called me in a perscription. Well he was supposed to. By the time he remembered to call it in and we had time to pick it up all the strep symptoms were gone and all I had was that awful cough, I started taking the antibiotics just in case and the day I ran out I got a sore throat again...man. =) But I think I'm really finally on the mend and I've actually been able to sleep through the night for three nights now!! It's a miracle.
Well I suppose you would like to know about my lovely new companion. Her name is Hna Taylor. And then there's Pres Taylor. Who's name that he goes by happens to be Scott. And I'm Hna Scott. I find it amusing. =) She's from Kansas. She went to USU and happened to be roommates with someone I know from band. I actually went to her apartment once or twice to see her roommate. It's a small world. She's the oldest of 5. She's very short. And she is doing really well. Much better than I did when I first got out here. She's ready to learn and to work. She's always studying the area map and asking questions. She took Spanish in jr high and high school equaling in 6 years of Spanish, being put in the intermediate calss in the MTC. Yep, it's legit. We've have some good times. I like her a lot. Hopefully the feeling is mutual. =)
Training someone I think is more for your benefit than theirs. It's nice studying the program with all the different subjects. As a missionary who's been out for a while it's really easy to use it and see where your weaknesses are and the areas where you can improve and automatically apply them to yourself. As a new missionary it's harder because it's more difficult to apply it to yourself. At least that's how it was for me.
So the other day we were walking through this apt complex contqacting the referals the english elders gave us. We had just been talking about some of the ways to tell if a house or an apt is inhabited by hispanics, namely a mop outside, or aloe vera plants in pots and we walked by this door with a mop outside and I had this ipression to knock the door. So I was like yeah sure. We'll knock. So we did. I was positive it was going to be someone who spoke Spanish. Nope she was definitely speaking spanish and she was not of hispanic lineage. Anyway, we told her who we were and what we did and she automatically let us in. SHe told how she knows God has been telling her to go back to church she knows prayer works and she wants to get God back in her life, but that she knows she needs help to do so. She said before we knocked on her door she'd been feeling sad and depressed and there we were. It was pretty legit. Hna T did such a good job explaining prayer and tying everything that the woman said into the doctrine...man it was legit. And just what I had been praying for. We had knocked on doors for an hour the day before and not a single person wanted us to go back. So Hna T got to see that the Lord really does prepare people to recieve us. (even though we had to give her over to the english elders.) It was a cool experience. And the whole reason we knocked on that door was because there was a mop outside. I was half expecting it to not be there when we went back outside.
Things are going well. It's crazy that in just a couple of days I'll have been out for 9 months. Not that I'm counting down or anything. =) And just cause I've been out that long doesn't mean I still don't appreciate mail. =) Just sayin. I've learned a lot and hope to continue to do so. I've started reading Jesus the Christ, which is something I always said I would never do and it's legit. Conference was so awesome and just great. I love hearing from the apostles and the profeta. I love this ward. Encanto really is so great. I love the members so much. The thought of leaving some of them just about makes my heart break. It's a good thing AZ is only a 12 hour drive away and coming back won't be that big of a deal. Basically I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love it here. It's hard sometimes. I won't lie. In the transfer meeting Pres T started saying things like, "If on your mission you've ever felt alone, please stand up." And he just went on and on listing all of these feelings or circumstances that are hard to deal with. Everyone except the new arrivals were standing up and Pres T asked them all to look around and then told them that it will be hard. THat a mission is not a walk in the park and it's not supposed to be, but to know that their Savior will always be there for them. It weas really a powerful moment. And I know it's true. THis is hard. But it was not easy for Christ so it can't be easy for us. That as many downs as you have eventually the ups will out number them, now or in the next life. But they will be out numbered. I know that our trials are personalized, tailored to our very needs so we can put on the divine nature in exactly the ways that we need to. I know that my Savior loves me.
And I know He loves you.
I hope your weeks are full of sunshine and growth, even if that growth may, at moments be painful. I love you all.
Hna Scott
Well I suppose you would like to know about my lovely new companion. Her name is Hna Taylor. And then there's Pres Taylor. Who's name that he goes by happens to be Scott. And I'm Hna Scott. I find it amusing. =) She's from Kansas. She went to USU and happened to be roommates with someone I know from band. I actually went to her apartment once or twice to see her roommate. It's a small world. She's the oldest of 5. She's very short. And she is doing really well. Much better than I did when I first got out here. She's ready to learn and to work. She's always studying the area map and asking questions. She took Spanish in jr high and high school equaling in 6 years of Spanish, being put in the intermediate calss in the MTC. Yep, it's legit. We've have some good times. I like her a lot. Hopefully the feeling is mutual. =)
Training someone I think is more for your benefit than theirs. It's nice studying the program with all the different subjects. As a missionary who's been out for a while it's really easy to use it and see where your weaknesses are and the areas where you can improve and automatically apply them to yourself. As a new missionary it's harder because it's more difficult to apply it to yourself. At least that's how it was for me.
So the other day we were walking through this apt complex contqacting the referals the english elders gave us. We had just been talking about some of the ways to tell if a house or an apt is inhabited by hispanics, namely a mop outside, or aloe vera plants in pots and we walked by this door with a mop outside and I had this ipression to knock the door. So I was like yeah sure. We'll knock. So we did. I was positive it was going to be someone who spoke Spanish. Nope she was definitely speaking spanish and she was not of hispanic lineage. Anyway, we told her who we were and what we did and she automatically let us in. SHe told how she knows God has been telling her to go back to church she knows prayer works and she wants to get God back in her life, but that she knows she needs help to do so. She said before we knocked on her door she'd been feeling sad and depressed and there we were. It was pretty legit. Hna T did such a good job explaining prayer and tying everything that the woman said into the doctrine...man it was legit. And just what I had been praying for. We had knocked on doors for an hour the day before and not a single person wanted us to go back. So Hna T got to see that the Lord really does prepare people to recieve us. (even though we had to give her over to the english elders.) It was a cool experience. And the whole reason we knocked on that door was because there was a mop outside. I was half expecting it to not be there when we went back outside.
Things are going well. It's crazy that in just a couple of days I'll have been out for 9 months. Not that I'm counting down or anything. =) And just cause I've been out that long doesn't mean I still don't appreciate mail. =) Just sayin. I've learned a lot and hope to continue to do so. I've started reading Jesus the Christ, which is something I always said I would never do and it's legit. Conference was so awesome and just great. I love hearing from the apostles and the profeta. I love this ward. Encanto really is so great. I love the members so much. The thought of leaving some of them just about makes my heart break. It's a good thing AZ is only a 12 hour drive away and coming back won't be that big of a deal. Basically I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love it here. It's hard sometimes. I won't lie. In the transfer meeting Pres T started saying things like, "If on your mission you've ever felt alone, please stand up." And he just went on and on listing all of these feelings or circumstances that are hard to deal with. Everyone except the new arrivals were standing up and Pres T asked them all to look around and then told them that it will be hard. THat a mission is not a walk in the park and it's not supposed to be, but to know that their Savior will always be there for them. It weas really a powerful moment. And I know it's true. THis is hard. But it was not easy for Christ so it can't be easy for us. That as many downs as you have eventually the ups will out number them, now or in the next life. But they will be out numbered. I know that our trials are personalized, tailored to our very needs so we can put on the divine nature in exactly the ways that we need to. I know that my Savior loves me.
And I know He loves you.
I hope your weeks are full of sunshine and growth, even if that growth may, at moments be painful. I love you all.
Hna Scott
Sunday, April 14, 2013
"A mission is a family affair." - Pres Monson
Okay,
CONFERENCE MAN!!
Just about the best thing of my life.
No joke.
Loved all of it. And if you happened to watch the thing in between the sessions on Sunday about the Bible, that was really cool. And all the people had British accents which made it even more enjoyable. =)
So conference...hmm favorite talk? This may sound strange but I really liked Elder Bednar's about la ley de castidad (law of chastity). I really thought it had good points, making it less of a rule, giving it a reason. Hopefully that makes sense. I also really really really liked Elder Holland's.
Obviously.
I mean it's Elder Holland.
I really like how for the last 3 conferences or so he's been using stories from the Bible to illustrate his point. And it was just awesome. So was Elder Uchdtorf's and Pres. Monson's and Elder Eyring's (though I had a coughing attack during it so we had to leave and I didn't get to watch the first part) and Sister Dalton's and Sister Wixom's. Okay I really liked Sister Wixom's because I found out Saturday night at about 9:45 that I'm going to be...
No, not a mom silly.
A trainer.
AHHHHHHH!!!!!
But I think it may be just as close as you can get to being a mom without actually being a mom. Suddenly I find myself praying for this girl I've never met, planning for her in advance, wondering how in the world I'm going to help her have the best foundation she can have, etc etc.
And I love her already.
It's just about the weirdest thing I've experienced in my life.
And Sis. Wixom's talk, though talking about parents and how to raise your children, it also had some good points as a trainer how to help your trainie become what God know's she will become. So yep. She's probably here in Arizona right now at the mission home eating lunch right...hmm...well we'll see. I will meet her sometime around 10ish tomorrow. So I'm really thankful for the time I've had with Hna C. I feel like it's been a training to be a trainer, since she's now completely her 3rd transfer I was her first companion that she had after the first 12 week training program so I then had to learn to take control of all the situations to juts open my mouth and PRAY that God fills it with what they need to hear, etc. Yep, God sure knows what He's doing.
I have been sick the last...um week. It's been ridiculous. I don't get sick. I just don't. And when I do I it's usually gone in a couple days and I can work through it. Nope. Not this time. I've slept a lot more during the day moslty because I'm up all night coughing. My abs are so sore, if it keeps up I'm going to have a six pack soon. =)
Olivia is doing well. If you don't remember her she's the one I've been working with since I got here. We found her over six months ago and we had to let her go for a little while but we picked her up when I was with Hna G. She's 45ish has three kids and two grandaughters. Olivia has a lot of family problems right now and sometimes she gets so overwhelmed with what's going on and to deal with it she just locks her heart in a room and just crys and crys. No matter how strongly the Spirit is there she refuses to fill it. Then when we come back in a couple of days she's fine. She's a softie but doesn't want anyone to know it. =) We've both been sick together the last couple of days and she's always lecturing me telling me to put on a sweater. I don't think she realizs that for me 90 degrees is really hot. =) She's so cool. I love her very much. So because of this hardness she gets sometimes I was wondering if we should again give her more time to think about things and not visit for a while, but while we were there last night, the Spirit confirmed to all three of us that she needs to be visited still. And boy am I glad. I mean I could stop visiting her because I love her and will do what the Lord wants but...well she's one of the people I promised to help in the premortal life. And apparently I'm not leaving Encanto until she's baptized. =)
Well, peace out my friends, until next week.
If you didn't watch all of conference - DO!! One video a day. That's at most 20 minutes a day. You can do it.
Hna Scott
CONFERENCE MAN!!
Just about the best thing of my life.
No joke.
Loved all of it. And if you happened to watch the thing in between the sessions on Sunday about the Bible, that was really cool. And all the people had British accents which made it even more enjoyable. =)
So conference...hmm favorite talk? This may sound strange but I really liked Elder Bednar's about la ley de castidad (law of chastity). I really thought it had good points, making it less of a rule, giving it a reason. Hopefully that makes sense. I also really really really liked Elder Holland's.
Obviously.
I mean it's Elder Holland.
I really like how for the last 3 conferences or so he's been using stories from the Bible to illustrate his point. And it was just awesome. So was Elder Uchdtorf's and Pres. Monson's and Elder Eyring's (though I had a coughing attack during it so we had to leave and I didn't get to watch the first part) and Sister Dalton's and Sister Wixom's. Okay I really liked Sister Wixom's because I found out Saturday night at about 9:45 that I'm going to be...
No, not a mom silly.
A trainer.
AHHHHHHH!!!!!
But I think it may be just as close as you can get to being a mom without actually being a mom. Suddenly I find myself praying for this girl I've never met, planning for her in advance, wondering how in the world I'm going to help her have the best foundation she can have, etc etc.
And I love her already.
It's just about the weirdest thing I've experienced in my life.
And Sis. Wixom's talk, though talking about parents and how to raise your children, it also had some good points as a trainer how to help your trainie become what God know's she will become. So yep. She's probably here in Arizona right now at the mission home eating lunch right...hmm...well we'll see. I will meet her sometime around 10ish tomorrow. So I'm really thankful for the time I've had with Hna C. I feel like it's been a training to be a trainer, since she's now completely her 3rd transfer I was her first companion that she had after the first 12 week training program so I then had to learn to take control of all the situations to juts open my mouth and PRAY that God fills it with what they need to hear, etc. Yep, God sure knows what He's doing.
I have been sick the last...um week. It's been ridiculous. I don't get sick. I just don't. And when I do I it's usually gone in a couple days and I can work through it. Nope. Not this time. I've slept a lot more during the day moslty because I'm up all night coughing. My abs are so sore, if it keeps up I'm going to have a six pack soon. =)
Olivia is doing well. If you don't remember her she's the one I've been working with since I got here. We found her over six months ago and we had to let her go for a little while but we picked her up when I was with Hna G. She's 45ish has three kids and two grandaughters. Olivia has a lot of family problems right now and sometimes she gets so overwhelmed with what's going on and to deal with it she just locks her heart in a room and just crys and crys. No matter how strongly the Spirit is there she refuses to fill it. Then when we come back in a couple of days she's fine. She's a softie but doesn't want anyone to know it. =) We've both been sick together the last couple of days and she's always lecturing me telling me to put on a sweater. I don't think she realizs that for me 90 degrees is really hot. =) She's so cool. I love her very much. So because of this hardness she gets sometimes I was wondering if we should again give her more time to think about things and not visit for a while, but while we were there last night, the Spirit confirmed to all three of us that she needs to be visited still. And boy am I glad. I mean I could stop visiting her because I love her and will do what the Lord wants but...well she's one of the people I promised to help in the premortal life. And apparently I'm not leaving Encanto until she's baptized. =)
Well, peace out my friends, until next week.
If you didn't watch all of conference - DO!! One video a day. That's at most 20 minutes a day. You can do it.
Hna Scott
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Yep, got nothin creative today for the title.
Did you know that here in Phoenix they celebrate Cesar Chavez Day? Well they do. And that means all the libraries are closed. I clearly remember saying on Easter, "well at least Easter is on Sunday so we can still email on P day like normal. Then WABAM!! Text from the ZLs saying that all the Phoenix libraries are closed. And since we're lucky enough not to have a family history center in our area here we are emailing on Tuesday.
So a little bit of exciting stuff happened this last week. One of the hermanas in our apartment went home a week ago today. She had some medical stuff and needed to go home. So once again, here I am in a trio. Man. A trio. But this time it's only for two weeks. A week from today is transfers and Hna G will be getting a new comp. Word on the street is that we're getting 8 new spanish hermanas. PS that's the amount of hermanas than we have to train them. It's going to be intense. They're going to have to open up a lot of new hermana areas. Did I mention that it's going to be intense? =) And so with all the new mission changes, they accidentally made the new boundaries public to the missionaries already. Oops! So where I am currently working will not be in the Arizona Phoenix Mission, in fact NONE of Phoenix is going to be in the Phoenix Mission. We'll have the Phoenix North Stake and that's it. And well, with all these new missions it also means some people may have new missions and new mission presidents. Yep, that's right. It's intense.
Hna C had her MRI a week ago yesterday that will determine if she has to go home or not. And of course the doctors think they can just be all slow in getting back to her with the results. She's going a little crazy. Which is completely understandable. I would be too. In fact I am a little bit for her. She thinks something has changed and she will be going home. Apparently one of the ways her MS manifests itself is through her eyes. The first time she had symptoms she couldn't see at all. And from there they found out she has MS. Her and her dad were diagnosed around the same time. Anyway, she says her eyes aren't focusing anymore and as of two weeks ago she could see the words on this white board that we have and now she can't. So she thinks she'll be leaving soon to get new medication worked out for her. Even if there are no results on the MRI she's still thinking that it would be a good idea to go home.
This week was a slow week because of all the dr appointments we had, then we had to drive all the way to 100th Ave to go to Costco to get Hna C's medicine since it's cheapest there (which by the way they said they didn't have her one record so we had to call Sis T who then had to call the dr then she called the pharmacy then she had to call us back then she had to fill out paperwork then we had to wait 30 minutes for them to prepare the medicine. So that trip took quite a while) and we're in the trio so twice the amount of meetings to go to and twice the amount of work with the same amount of time to do it all. It's a little crazy. But we finally found Amelia again and she still wants us to go over, Olivia is reading the BoM on and off and her whole perspective on the trials God has given her has changed and she actually thanks Him for things in her prayers, Carlos still hasn't smoked since the day we taught him la palabra de Sabiduria. So good things are happening, even if it seems like its happening slowly. It's all God's timetable.
My Easter was just like any other normal day in the mission field. We went to church well the first 45 minutes then had to rush over to Cielito then we tried to see all the people we would normally see, but they were all off having their Easter celebrations. So we checked out the referrals that we've received recently and then contacted a little bit. It was cool. Normal.
Hmm. Anything else...yes, it's already hot here this morning when we left the house it was 86 degrees. We have the air conditioner on. The church is true and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO STINKIN EXCITED FOR CONFERENCE!!!!! My companions and I have already decided we're sneaking in to the mother's room to listen to priesthood session. ;-)
Love you all lots and lots.
hna Scott
So a little bit of exciting stuff happened this last week. One of the hermanas in our apartment went home a week ago today. She had some medical stuff and needed to go home. So once again, here I am in a trio. Man. A trio. But this time it's only for two weeks. A week from today is transfers and Hna G will be getting a new comp. Word on the street is that we're getting 8 new spanish hermanas. PS that's the amount of hermanas than we have to train them. It's going to be intense. They're going to have to open up a lot of new hermana areas. Did I mention that it's going to be intense? =) And so with all the new mission changes, they accidentally made the new boundaries public to the missionaries already. Oops! So where I am currently working will not be in the Arizona Phoenix Mission, in fact NONE of Phoenix is going to be in the Phoenix Mission. We'll have the Phoenix North Stake and that's it. And well, with all these new missions it also means some people may have new missions and new mission presidents. Yep, that's right. It's intense.
Hna C had her MRI a week ago yesterday that will determine if she has to go home or not. And of course the doctors think they can just be all slow in getting back to her with the results. She's going a little crazy. Which is completely understandable. I would be too. In fact I am a little bit for her. She thinks something has changed and she will be going home. Apparently one of the ways her MS manifests itself is through her eyes. The first time she had symptoms she couldn't see at all. And from there they found out she has MS. Her and her dad were diagnosed around the same time. Anyway, she says her eyes aren't focusing anymore and as of two weeks ago she could see the words on this white board that we have and now she can't. So she thinks she'll be leaving soon to get new medication worked out for her. Even if there are no results on the MRI she's still thinking that it would be a good idea to go home.
This week was a slow week because of all the dr appointments we had, then we had to drive all the way to 100th Ave to go to Costco to get Hna C's medicine since it's cheapest there (which by the way they said they didn't have her one record so we had to call Sis T who then had to call the dr then she called the pharmacy then she had to call us back then she had to fill out paperwork then we had to wait 30 minutes for them to prepare the medicine. So that trip took quite a while) and we're in the trio so twice the amount of meetings to go to and twice the amount of work with the same amount of time to do it all. It's a little crazy. But we finally found Amelia again and she still wants us to go over, Olivia is reading the BoM on and off and her whole perspective on the trials God has given her has changed and she actually thanks Him for things in her prayers, Carlos still hasn't smoked since the day we taught him la palabra de Sabiduria. So good things are happening, even if it seems like its happening slowly. It's all God's timetable.
My Easter was just like any other normal day in the mission field. We went to church well the first 45 minutes then had to rush over to Cielito then we tried to see all the people we would normally see, but they were all off having their Easter celebrations. So we checked out the referrals that we've received recently and then contacted a little bit. It was cool. Normal.
Hmm. Anything else...yes, it's already hot here this morning when we left the house it was 86 degrees. We have the air conditioner on. The church is true and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO STINKIN EXCITED FOR CONFERENCE!!!!! My companions and I have already decided we're sneaking in to the mother's room to listen to priesthood session. ;-)
Love you all lots and lots.
hna Scott
Monday, April 1, 2013
"Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come." - Elder Holland
Have I mentioned that I really am learing to love the Bible, like a lot? Because I do. I still haven't worked up the courage to read the Old Testament yet, but I've started my second time through the New Testament and still love it. I especially love Paul and how he says how he glories in tribulation, how it's through afflictions that he can put on the divine nature, etc. He was legit. He said that his afflicitons are light in comparison to how great his blessings are and will be. Did I mention that he was legit? The sad thing is that as we're in the middle of our trial, at least this is how it is for me, we forget to look beyond the now. At least for a little bit and then I start to remember. I remember that evrey trial I go through now will help me put on the divine nature, I will be able to use it for my good. They will help me in my future. But like I said, how often do we actually remember that in the midst of things. Thank goodness Dios tiene patience or else I'd be in trouble. =)
Helaman remembered. Man, one day I'll be like that. As he's leading his little sons to battle as he's surrounded by blood and carnage, probably away from his family, even when his friend Antipus dies, he always found something to rejoice about. Yep, one day I'll be like Helaman.
You should all definitely watch this video. I love it so so so so much. I've seen it before, but then I found the talk that's it's from and....well, as you already know Elder Holland is legit. http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#good-things-to-come
I went to the Pagaent on Friday. My goodness gracious. I loved it! It was really very cool. The costumes were so COOL!! And the dancing and everything. Yep, cool, and it was in Spanish and I understood most of everything. =) Yep, it was cool. I'm definitely coming back here to see it again next year. We should come as a family. It would be pretty awesome. =)
CARLOS CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!! WABAM!!! He's so COOL!!! He doesn't have a car so he had to walk. And I guess he didn't realize that he could cut through the neighborhood because he walked the long way and it took him an hour!! He walked an hour to church!! And he still did it!! Man, he's so legit!! He has a dae for the 13th of April and he gave up smoking cold turkey. He says he hasn't smoked since the day we taught him about the Word of Wisdom. He used to smoke 3-4 cigarretes a day and now he doesn't smoke at all. Did I mentionthat this guy is legit? =)
Well, that is all for now,
much love
hna scott
Helaman remembered. Man, one day I'll be like that. As he's leading his little sons to battle as he's surrounded by blood and carnage, probably away from his family, even when his friend Antipus dies, he always found something to rejoice about. Yep, one day I'll be like Helaman.
You should all definitely watch this video. I love it so so so so much. I've seen it before, but then I found the talk that's it's from and....well, as you already know Elder Holland is legit. http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#good-things-to-come
I went to the Pagaent on Friday. My goodness gracious. I loved it! It was really very cool. The costumes were so COOL!! And the dancing and everything. Yep, cool, and it was in Spanish and I understood most of everything. =) Yep, it was cool. I'm definitely coming back here to see it again next year. We should come as a family. It would be pretty awesome. =)
CARLOS CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!! WABAM!!! He's so COOL!!! He doesn't have a car so he had to walk. And I guess he didn't realize that he could cut through the neighborhood because he walked the long way and it took him an hour!! He walked an hour to church!! And he still did it!! Man, he's so legit!! He has a dae for the 13th of April and he gave up smoking cold turkey. He says he hasn't smoked since the day we taught him about the Word of Wisdom. He used to smoke 3-4 cigarretes a day and now he doesn't smoke at all. Did I mentionthat this guy is legit? =)
Well, that is all for now,
much love
hna scott
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